The sexuality-assemblage: Desire, affect, anti-humanism

Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 769-789

  Fox, Nick J ^a   Alldred, Pam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Anti essentialism; Anti humanism; Assemblage; Deleuze; Desire; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886094889     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.12075     Document Type: Article

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